GrandpaPhil Posted Friday at 07:37 PM #1 Posted Friday at 07:37 PM (edited) I am building “Shangri-La”, a P-51B Mustang flown by Captain Don Gentile as part of the 336th FS of the 4th FG in March of 1944, using a set of War Birds by Kits-World decals! The kit: The decals: This will be a fun build! Edited Friday at 07:38 PM by GrandpaPhil davec, mtaylor, king derelict and 10 others 13 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Canute Posted Saturday at 01:21 PM #2 Posted Saturday at 01:21 PM I built a model of Gentile's Shangri La back in my "yoot". I am in, Phil! 😄 Jack12477, mtaylor, Dave_E and 3 others 6 Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
GrandpaPhil Posted Saturday at 02:45 PM Author #3 Posted Saturday at 02:45 PM 1 hour ago, Canute said: I built a model of Gentile's Shangri La back in my "yoot". I am in, Phil! 😄 Ken, Welcome! The first round of subassemblies are assembled and ready to paint! davec, Old Collingwood, realworkingsailor and 7 others 10 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted Saturday at 06:09 PM Author #4 Posted Saturday at 06:09 PM (edited) Here’s my rendition of Captain Gentile in 1/48 scale: I still need to paint the whites of his eyes and his pupils. 1/48 is too small for me to worry about irises. That’s just outside of my resolution. He’s leaning up against Oryol’s conning tower. Edited Saturday at 06:10 PM by GrandpaPhil Old Collingwood, mtaylor, gsdpic and 7 others 10 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted Saturday at 08:49 PM Author #5 Posted Saturday at 08:49 PM The interior is painted and assembled: The fuselage is now glued together: The fuselage for this one was warped out of the box. The fuselage halves were banana shaped like the Spad I just built. I used force to reshape them prior to gluing. king derelict, Dave_E, Old Collingwood and 8 others 11 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted yesterday at 11:49 AM Author #6 Posted yesterday at 11:49 AM It’s mostly assembled now: Yes, that is a wooden antenna, lol. Time to paint! I’ll start with my usual priming with thinned down black paint and move on to the olive drab for the plane itself. I need to paint the propellor hub assembly and nose red. I figured I’d attach it after painting the plane itself the olive drab. Old Collingwood, realworkingsailor, mtaylor and 9 others 12 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
GrandpaPhil Posted 15 hours ago Author #7 Posted 15 hours ago It’s now olive drab and gray: And the prop hub is painted: I am going to glue the prop hub on and then let the model sit overnight. Ryland Craze, realworkingsailor, Egilman and 2 others 5 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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